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Integration & Physician Issues

At the Becker's Hospital Review 4th Annual Meeting in Chicago May 10, Rob Langheim, senior manager for Kurt Salmon, and Farzan Bharucha, partner and director of strategy services with Kurt Salmon, discussed partnership opportunities for hospitals, insurers and physician practices.

At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 9, a panel of healthcare executives and a valuation expert shared their observations about physician alignment and engagement strategies.

In a session at the 4th Annual Becker’s Hospital Review Meeting on May 11 in Chicago, Lori Schutte, MBA, president of Cejka Search, discussed the evolving healthcare landscape and shared her predictions on what the physician workforce might look like…

“As more and more inpatient services come under the bundled payment model, all physician-hospital relationships will continue to see greater and greater intensity,” said Keith E. Chew, senior strategic consultant with McKesson.

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At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago May 11, Craig Fowler, vice president of recruiting, training and public relations at Pinnacle Health Group, and Jeffrey Freygang, associate administrator at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Neb., discussed…

At the Becker's Hospital Review 4th Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 11, Glenn Appelbaum, senior vice president of operations for IPC The Hospitalist Company, discussed various hospitalist staffing models and how switching models can potentially cut costs for hospitals.

Healthcare reform and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have affected nearly all aspects of the industry, and physician alignment is no exception.

“Physicians want to get better at the stuff they’re not good at,” said Todd Lang, MD, emergency department medical director at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

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